Improvement in dowel-pins



B. F. ALLEN.

Bowel-Pins.

Patented March,l0.18.7`4,

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEIOEo BENJAMIN F. ALLEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN4 DOWEL-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,276, dated March 10, 1874; application filed February 9, 1874.

To all vwhom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ALLEN, of Boston, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dowel Pins, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specilication, in which- Figure l represents my improvement. 2 represents the same as applied.

My invention relates to dowels used in the manufacture of furniture, and consists in manufacturing the dowel in two pieces, each representing a half-cylinder, as hereinafter explained.

As heretofore manufactured, dowel-pins have always been made in a solid piece, which required sawing or splitting, in order to be wedged, when desired. Such an article nec- Fig.

essarily involves trouble and inconvenience in the sawing or splitting before using, and much of the stock is liable to be damaged and wasted or lost.

In the drawings, A represents m y new dowelpin, made in two equal longitudinal sections or halves, a a., and of all the different sizes to suit the demands of trade and commerce.

Fig. 2 represents a variety of applications of my improved dowel, all of which will be readily understood without a detailed description.

Having tlius described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of ma11ufacture, a dowelpin made in two longitudinal sections, substantially as described.

BENJ. E. ALLEN. Witnesses HENRY H. BURTON, THOMAS C. CoNNoLLY. 

